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Post by compeateropeator on May 14, 2024 10:45:25 GMT
I agree that it looks so familiar to me also. When I saw it was immediately struck by ”I swear I had that bag”. I just got rid of a lot of old beat up ones though. I was thinking if I had bought it is was probably at a Ben Franklin (not sure that you had that type of store) or if it was one I received I bet it was from the Christmas Tree Shop. Both east coast discount general merchandise type stores. I will look at what I have left, though, just to see. Good luck. I hope you are to find a substitute. I am so sorry that the original was misplaced. Thanks! I am sorry. I looked and I do not have it left. I also did check out a bunch of gift boxes I have and none of them were close either. Wish I could have helped. Good luck.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 13, 2024 14:39:45 GMT
That looks so familiar to me. I have a set of gift boxes that have a Christmas theme that might be by this artist. Unfortunately, it is still in the box mountain of unpacked boxes in my garage. I have already unpacked the two other sets of gift boxes so hopefully I am unpacking in the right area for this last set. I will come back to let you know when I finally unearth them. Thank you so much! In the meanwhile I'll try searching for vintage gift boxes and see if that gets me anywhere. I agree that it looks so familiar to me also. When I saw it was immediately struck by ”I swear I had that bag”. I just got rid of a lot of old beat up ones though. I was thinking if I had bought it is was probably at a Ben Franklin (not sure that you had that type of store) or if it was one I received I bet it was from the Christmas Tree Shop. Both east coast discount general merchandise type stores. I will look at what I have left, though, just to see. Good luck. I hope you are to find a substitute. I am so sorry that the original was misplaced.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 12, 2024 10:26:30 GMT
I could easily listen to a lot of musicians for 10 hours if needed, especially if they have a large selection of music.
This is just some artists off the top of my head but I could add a lot more I think:
Elton John Neil Young Tom Petty Jimmy Buffett Rolling Stones Beatles Blue Rodeo Allman Brothers/Gov’t Mule Rod Stewart John Hiatt
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Post by compeateropeator on May 10, 2024 19:06:14 GMT
We typically stay more south and it has been years since we actually stayed overnight in Bar Harbor, but maybe finsup can help some? I think a coworker just came back from Bar Harbor. I will ask them the next time I see them. Good luck hope you can get some good help and suggestions. ETA - Although I do realize just being from Maine doesn’t mean you have secret knowledge of all areas. 😆. Sorry if I put you on the spot , finsup.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 10, 2024 16:18:58 GMT
I am so sorry to hear this. Sending nothing but good thoughts and best wishes for your surgery and for a quick recovery.
As a single person whose family lives an hour away I often also have to rely on friends or making family travel. I understand where you are coming from…but as a friend who also provides transportation to other friends that need it I am always happy to do it and feel honored when actually ask for my assistance. It seems like I say it all the time (let me know what I can do to help) and very few people ask for anything…so don’t hesitate to ask because I bet your friends would also be honored to be able to help as they know you would for them. Especially with a surgery or procedure. Again sending hugs and healing thoughts to you.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 6, 2024 13:50:34 GMT
I think handsome is in the eye of the beholder and so subjective. While I think the entire list can be considered handsome, there also so many others not on that list.
My two - Sam Elliot and Tim Selleck would definitely be on my list.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 5, 2024 17:04:18 GMT
Not a fan of his music, but we watched Stagecoach via streaming and saw most of his performance. The majority of what we saw were religious songs/covers. He didn't address the crowd once and wore sunglasses - so it was a total disconnect from the crowd. It was just one song after another. After an hour (?) we turned it off. I was bored and I know DW was disappointed by his performance (she's the one who likes country music). When doesn't he wear sunglasses though? I’ve never seen him without sunglasses. I also have to say I have never seen a performance by him that was overly engaging. I think it is just him. He sings his songs. But I also have only seen him for songs here or there and not any long set or show. IMO for some artist it is the music and they are probably more radio/streaming stars. And then there are entertainers and no matter what or how they play the music the shows make it worth while. And then there are those unicorns that are both. 😄 ETA - I saw him do a performance of a Jimmy Buffett song at a tribute concert and other than bending his knees and a few hand jesters that was about it. And if you don’t really move when singing a Buffett song …😆
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Post by compeateropeator on May 5, 2024 12:37:22 GMT
I've never heard of this particular singer. If I think about going to see a singer whom I knew and liked, and they played something other than their own songs that I most likely went to hear, then I would be pretty disappointed. DSO is a huge Steve Earl fan. We saw him here a few years ago, at an outdoor gig with other several artists. He started off his set with 'Copperhead Road', then said to the crowd something like "Right, you've heard it now, if that's the only song of mine that you know, you can fuck off now!" It was hilarious. OMG - I just logged in to post my response and decided to do so without reading the other responses first (I know a little controversial…but it always gets me bogged down and trying to write too much. 😉 ) but my reply was under yours and I saw the name Steve Earle and had to read it. Hahaha. One of my stories is about Steve Earle. I am also a huge Steve Earle fan from way way back and have seen him numerous times. I will admit you never know what you are going to get with him which I kind of like. 😆 So my actual answer is my typical I can see both sides…noncommittal reply. I have seen a lot of live music, some great and some so so. I try never to have expectations because then you are sure to be disappointed. I try to go and enjoy what I get. I consider it something I like to do and it is entertainment. I would never leave a concert (or movie early) - I paid to see a show, and whether I love it or not is all part of the experience. The only one I have ever left early (and it wasn’t my choice) was a Steve Earle show. Yes I would love to hear old favorites, but sometimes new things or spins on old music is the biggest surprise and the best parts of shows. And then there are long lasting artist (I.e. Buffett, Springsteen, etc) who have so many beloved songs that they can’t always do them all. So someone is always disappointed because their favorite is not included. I would be a bit sad if all the times that I saw Jimmy Buffett he didn’t play A Pirate Looks at Forty - one of my most favorite songs of his. I still complain about one of the times I saw Little Feat and they didn’t play Willin’. And that was years ago. 😆🤷🏻♀️ So I am very wish washy on this and I would prefer some of each. However, I would appreciate a heads-up by how it is advertised or presented if the entire show is going to be something totally different than what that artist is known for.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 4, 2024 21:42:50 GMT
Hey, no one’s mentioned Trixie Belden. I read a few of hers. Anyone else? I actually just logged in to post this. I was not a Nancy Drew fan but was a huge Trixie Belden fan. We’ve talked about this here and there over the years and I think there were quite a few Trixie Belden fans here. 👍😄 I had the original 16 in hardcover and then there were more that were written through the years. They were in paperback. I have quite a few of those also. They are still at my parents’. I really need to get them the next time I am home and reread them. My favorite all time series as a kid. The great Brain and Encyclopedia Brown were up there but Trixie was my girl. 😆
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Post by compeateropeator on May 2, 2024 23:06:21 GMT
Wooden beach chairI know exactly what you are talking about but haven’t seen them around in a long time. How about something like what I linked. Unfortunately it looks like it only has a solder strap not a back pack and it does sit off the sand.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 1, 2024 13:12:01 GMT
While I understand what you are saying…if I purchased items in a store while on vacation (where I made a specific and substantial purchase) and the shop owners package it up and then off I went to enjoy the rest of my vacation - there is no way that I would think to to unpackaged it and check it out before I went home because I was in the store and knew what I had purchased…it is not like I was buying online or sight unseen. IMHO
As for being scammed, the owners should know their inventory and if they saw a picture, etc, there should be a way to confirm that the person screwed up. I am assuming even if there wasn’t a credit card receipt that there was a paper receipt of some sort. People should be willing to rectify their errors whether it was hours after or two weeks, especially as it was just an error and should be able to be resolved.
I am sorry and I hope you are able to resolve the issue.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 30, 2024 12:57:05 GMT
Absolutely beautiful. Congratulations to the happy couple!
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 30, 2024 9:22:03 GMT
First - absolutely TSA should have caught it, but as with just about everything nothing is perfect or 100%. I guarantee there is alway some % of error in most jobs and missing this ammunition certainly shows that TSA is not perfect…which is something that people should be cognizant of.
While 12 years seems harsh, their country their rules. If you want to travel you need to be very aware of rules of where you are going and what you are bringing. I hope he gets home. I understand that it was just an accident but it was a preventable accident and unfortunately it brings pretty harsh consequences.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I also felt the same for Brittany Griner, and she had been living there and knew the rules. Again, yes maybe a tragic and unintentional accident but also preventable.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 28, 2024 6:40:40 GMT
Only 4 for me, but one was before I can remember, so I’d really only say 3. Sightseeing like that isn’t really my jam. If I go to CA I’m not heading to the Hollywood sign or the Golden Gate Bridge, if I hit NYC I’ll be on Broadway, not the Empire State Building. I want to feel the local vibe/culture when I go somewhere, not go to a tourist trap. 🤷🏼♀️ I kind of agree but then again, tourist traps are popular for a reason. I was going to skip Blarney Castle in Ireland for that reason but I'm really glad I didn't. HOWEVER, I've seen inside the Arch on TV and no thank you. And the Golden Gate Bridge is actually very cool, or it was in the 90s. The park around it was so nice to explore. We went running along the cliffs, can't believe I didn't fall to my death. They probably don't even let people do that anymore 🤣 but I had just barely turned 18 and was with my boyfriend and it was such fun. I agree with both of these statements. It is not like the list was made up of things like the world’s largest ball of string, Wall Drug, or other such things. That is the nice thing about travel though, we can make it all about the experiences, places, and things that we like and enjoy seeing.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 26, 2024 20:04:57 GMT
17 maybe 18. But I would be hesitant to include the 18th on my list even if I had actually been there as I obviously have almost no memory of it.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 25, 2024 5:40:06 GMT
I am so sorry. Losing and having to grieve a loved one is the hardest thing, but two loved ones in one week is just beyond comprehension. My thoughts and heart are with you and your family as you tr6 to navigate these terrible losses.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 24, 2024 11:27:39 GMT
My first ‘job’ was at my parents business. We owned a (seasonal - May thru Oct) campground. My mother still worked her normal day job. My father still worked his 3rd shift job, so his days were spent doing the grounds work for the campground or sleeping. It was my job to watch the office, register the campers, answer the phone and take the reservations, and do some chores around the house, etc. I was 6 when we bought it and started right off. The big joke those first few years was that I had to stand on a milk crate to see over the counter. 😄.
We sold it when I was 15. But that was my summer for all those years. It was work, and I was expected to work. I/We could never do anything or all of us go somewhere together in the summer. Someone had to always be there so it was 24/7 the entire season. But it also had a lot of great things about it. We had friends who got seasonal sites there so there were a lot of friend evenings, BBQs, games, etc. I became friends and got to hangout with a lot of kids. Some from other states whose families would come every year for a week or two, some local and would come for various weekends (it was not in my school district so they were not school friends but summer friends), and some whose families had seasonal sites and were there most of the summer. It was hard work and had many cons, but overall was a unique and great way to spend my summers. I was always happy when we got to move back home/to our house in November, though, and it was just back to normal living. Hahaha.
The summer we sold it I started working for another campground and did that summers until my first full time job out of college . During the winter months through highschool I did a lot of babysitting but no scheduled job.
I did work study and then worked for the food service vendor during college and still did the campground gig during the summers.
After the first couple of years I was paid by my parents. I would save my money to go school clothes shopping or to buy my Skiing season pass.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 23, 2024 16:13:33 GMT
I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter.
Yes I would walk in a cemetery, I would be respectful of services and people visiting graves.
We often visit random cemeteries wherever we are. They are full of memories and history. Now with the amazing grave stones with the etched pictures they are also a beautiful place, although a place to be reverent. For example I automatically make sure the radio is off or down very very low when driving into one.
IMO, I feel that a cemetery is to memorialize people important to us, those that we loved and lost. I feel sad when you see overgrown cemeteries that obviously have no visitor at all. I would rather see cemeteries where people are. I think people should be respectful of others though.
There are families that get together at gravesites and celebrate their loved one, so sometimes they can be places of love and laughter. It is just important to recognize how to be respectful of everyone there visiting their loved ones.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 23, 2024 14:37:20 GMT
I find all the various now and then cost of things mentioned on threads interesting. I am curious on what the interest rate on your 1st home mortgage was?
Mine (my first and only mortgage 😄) was 8.25% for a 30 year fixed. It was through a state program for first time buyers. When rates got low I did refinance to a 15 year fixed with a rate of 3.50 through a credit union and was so happy. Felt like I won the lottery, payment went down a little and I dropped a bunch of years off my mortgage.
sadly I can’t remember the year I bought my condo, but I would guess it was some time between 1993- 1995.
What was yours? (I hope my poll answers are not awkward or confusing, I wasn’t sure what type of breakdown/spread to use.)
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 21, 2024 17:26:19 GMT
I use my dryer. I live in a townhouse/condo and we are not allowed to have clothes lines. I would probably use my dryer most of the time even if I could use a clothesline. I don’t like the stiffness of line dried items (although I do like the smell)
Growing up, my mother line dried everything when the weather was good. (Basically spring, summer, and fall if it wasn’t rainy). She loved the fresh smell of line dried clothes, but it meant a lot of ironing (that is another story) too. As she got older she ended up mostly just hanging out her sheets, and now I think she just uses the dryer for everything.
My grandmother, on the other hand, line dried everything. She had a dryer but I bet I could count on my fingers and toes the number of times she used it. Winter, spring, summer and fall, it didn’t matter. She also did her washing around good drying days. If it was raining or snowing, or too humid, she wasn’t doing laundry.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 20, 2024 11:52:51 GMT
Yup. That would be me…black cloud and no problems eating street food. I guarantee I have eaten worse. With All the animal stories I am like ya, why wouldn’t you still eat it. Cut away the offending part and move on.
The funny part is my brother would be the exact opposite. Very germ conscious, etc. How did people at the extreme ends of each side grow up in the same house. Hahaha. 😄
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 19, 2024 13:00:21 GMT
I'm wondering if the mother (in the mother son duo) will be able to handle many more physical challenges. She looked like she felt miserable in the car segment. I'm sure she was medically cleared for the race but boy howdy, I would imagine the medical team on standby is watching her carefully. I don’t think so. The son mention when they had her do the bubble soccer that they were trying to get her quota of the challenges done.Although between the car and the bubble soccer those were some pretty physical ones to choose.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 18, 2024 10:12:43 GMT
This thread is making me sad all over again that I’ll never see Jimmy Buffet in concert ever again. Agreed. I spent the last couple of days watching YouTube videos of parts of the ‘Keep the party going tribute ‘ to Jimmy that took place at Hollywood Bowl a bit ago (last week?). Oh my gosh, I am a bit embarrassed to admit how much water ended up leaking out of my eyes. 🥹. Some of the people giving tributes just slayed you. And just an amazing variety of people eulogizing him and playing his music. From Snoop Dog to Paul McCartney. Will Arnett’s Jimmy story was great. Hopefully it will be played/streamed in its entirety somewhere. And jack Johnson did a Pirate looks at 40, which in the beginning I was like why him…but it was a great tribute and he was excellent.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 17, 2024 10:44:24 GMT
Definitely worth a brag or a hundred. You and Chloe have every reason to be proud and yell it from the roofs/rooves. That is a lot of hard work, perseverance, willpower and grit to overcome and succeed in.
I wish her the best in all that she chooses to do in life and also commend you in your support and understanding as she maneuvers through this messy thing we call life. It is not easy.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 17, 2024 10:33:00 GMT
I am a big live music fan. Everything from small and med venues, to large arenas, to outdoor venues. Old established bands/artists, new artists, or just local artists. All different genres (except for techno and rap for the most part) even if not a favorite. I love it all. Ticket cost these days though…Blech.
I have been to hundreds of live music events in my life time. It is where I mostly spend my discretionary entertainment budget. The thing that I love about live music is you never know what you are going to get. Sometimes some you love disappoints and someone you were Luke warm over gives you the most incredible show. I will say these days I am much more into smaller venues than large stadiums and arenas.
I think it is a good thing we are all different and like different things. No surprise, guilt or shame from me for not having a love of concerts. 😆. We like what we like!!!
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 16, 2024 14:41:34 GMT
This is so sad. I was able to see it in the 80s. What a tremendous loss.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 14, 2024 17:06:29 GMT
the downside to having it be a graded class is that when I was in high school, a girl I know lost out on being valedictorian because the teacher gave her a B in Driver's Ed! I’m still angry that I missed graduating with honors, and sitting between my two best friends (last names starting with M, N, and O) at graduation, because I elected to take typing my senior year. I could have had a study hall! I understand completely. My mother was insistent on me taking typing and I couldn’t fit it into my schedule without getting rid of art, which was my favorite elective. I ended up compromising and taking it as a night course at our vocational school. If I had taken it as a graded class it would have drop my average for sure. Although I might have decided to put a little more work into it also.😄. I hated that class and still can’t type worth crap and use 2 fingers. My brother, on the other hand, is a great typer and I am jealous sometimes.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 14, 2024 14:25:14 GMT
Those who took it in school, did your practice car have the brake control on the passengers side where the instructor sat? I can remember that ours had this. The cars were donated (or at least subsidized ) by local dealerships. I think the one for my year was a ford fiesta.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 14, 2024 13:20:00 GMT
When I think about it the house that I lived in white an exchange student in Sweden the front door was a double door that opened outward and had no screen.
I am not sure that I would have thought to notice that type of detail back in my younger days as there were a lot of other big differences and acclimating that I was trying to do, but I think my old self now would be all over the no screen thing and opening outward. 😆But it was a pretty standard Scandinavian old style house so I assume most were the same.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 14, 2024 13:02:25 GMT
For those that have doors that open outward, I am assuming you just have a door and no screen/storm door? I would not be able to open my door from inside if it opened outward because of my screen/storm door. They would have to be reversed.
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